best & worst of '09

[faceplant]

its that time of year again-
what are the best & worst memories you have looking back on the year?
only one rule- its gotta be skiing or boarding related
you can list as many items as you want

heres mine-

BEST Hickory coming out of NELSAP (or is it NYLSAP)- always a good thing
AZ adding a weather section

WORST Natasha Richardson

 

[Smellytele]

Best - Skiing in Tahoe with my whole family

Worst - Shane McConkey

 

[ta&idaho]

Best: http://forums.alpinezone.com/showthread.php?t=50009

Worst: http://forums.alpinezone.com/showthread.php?t=52788

 

[Riverskier]

Best- Sunday River opening for the season on October 14th. Yeah, the Fall weather wasn't kind to skiers overall, but it is great being 2 and half months and 16 days (a lot for me) into the season by the end of 2009.

Worst- Virtually no snow in March or April of 2009. Still a good season overall and the Spring skiing was still good, but kind of dissapointing.

 

[snowmonster]

Best - Ending my season on June 13 in a deserted Tuckerman Ravine.

Worst - Losing Shane.

 

[dmc]

Best: Dubai/Kashmir ski trip
http://forums.alpinezone.com/showthread.php?t=50226&highlight=kashmir

Worst: Didn't make it to Tux..

 

[JD]

Best: The conception of my son. (he will be a skiier)
Best ski day...my last ski day right before boating reved up...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j1V_ZZxSwbo
Best snow....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cbxgarpql6Y&feature=related
Worst ski related thing....can't think of any....

 

[Geoff]

Jeez. I skied every day last winter. There was no best. Worst was when the lifts stopped spinning and I had to go get a job.

 

[jaywbigred]

Best: Last run of the year at Mount Ellen in some spring time bumps with terrific sun and great lines everywhere, with "Red House" by Jimi on the Zune.

Worst: Getting rained out of the last day of vacation at Stowe in early February.

 

[kingslug]

Worst: getting stuck on the Hunter quad and getting roped down.
best: Clairs run in great shape 2 days in a row. Well thats recent best/worst.

 

[St. Bear]

Best Ski Day: 2/13/09 - $14 lift tickets @ Sugarbush. Heaven's Gate was on windhold the whole day, but the rest of the mountain skied great, and the value could not be beat.

Worst Ski Day: 1/28/09 - I used a "sick" day when I woke up, there was 5" on the ground and it was still coming down hard. Got to MC a little after first chair, and on my second run, it started to turn to mixed precip. 2 runs later was straight rain, and it was like skiing in wet cement. You think I'd be used to disappointment living in NJ, but I was pissed the rest of the day.

 

[mikestaple]

Best ski day - Loon, last Friday of President's week with son and godson. Great to see them growing up and taking to the blacks and woods.

Worst - basically no snow after mammoth dump the last few days of President's week (I think Stowe, MRG, and Sugarbush were getting feet of snow each day).

 

[57stevey]

Best - Cannon (forget the exact day, early March?) - the snow up top was somewhere between lsgr and corn and stayed that way until well after lunch, wow!

Worst - Cannon (forget the exact day, early March?) - for some reason I still don't understand, my daughter hated the conditions :blink:

Honorable mention - watching said daughter last weekend adapting seamlessly to her new-to-her Bandits that I picked out for her.

 

[bigbog]

Saddleback pre-season(early fall?) work on Casablanca

Did I miss this somewhere here on AZ?..anyways...
I think this can be a part of Best of 09'..y/n? OTHW I can put somewhere else...just a little YouTube from late-Summer/Fall? cutting in on Casablanca.

Cutting on Casablanca

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